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Welcome to our once-a-year Bestsellers. This is taking the place of our usual New Items email this week. New arrivals are on our home page and will be listed as usual next week. Below we list the top 60 Bestsellers, by units, for the past year. I’ve only listed a couple sold-out titles, but several more are noted at the very end of this list. Publishers have gotten more careful on their print runs and we are sometimes quite surprised to have a popular seller suddenly become unavailable, for your sake as well as for ours. I find the items on the Bestsellers list generally are the favorites not just of customers but also of mine. I may nudge them a little by promoting them better, with banner ads and more passionate descriptions and recommendations. But on the other hand, some items I’m very passionate about don’t sell at all—I could mention some wonderful graphic novels, including several from France, among these "neglected" items. Viva la difference! |
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1. SPECTRUM FANTASTIC ART QUARTERLY MAGAZINE #3 Brom Signed Bookplate Color Bookplate signed by Brom, limited to 300! Issue print run: 1000. Our Highest Recommendation. A profusely illustrated interview with Brom and Laurie Lee Brom. None of Brom’s work here has appeared in his art books; Laurie shares some of her most recent drop-dead-gorgeous gallery paintings. A lengthy appreciation of Bernie Wrightson covers his entire career, from growing up as a fan in Baltimore to his comics and film work to his collaborations with Stephen King. Frank Frazetta’s glowing opinion of him is featured in a sidebar and David Salcido also shares his memories of adapting Bernie’s "Mementos" painting into a movie — with Wrightson himself starring as the axe-wielding killer! Packed with rare Wrightson artwork. Spectrum/Underwood Books, 2023....More. Item Code: SPEQ03 Soft Cover, 12x12, 88pg, Partial Color $25.00 |
| We still have plenty of copies but we are nearly out of bookplates as I write this. See #2 below. Work is proceeding on #4! |
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2. THE FANTASTIC WORLDS OF FRANK FRAZETTA Limited First Edition, 6000 individually numbered copies. Available from us but now out of print. Our Highest Recommendation. Introduction by Dan Nadel. This monograph is the biggest and most complete ever produced on the artist, done in collaboration with the Frazetta family and with top collectors. Frank Frazetta has reigned as the undisputed lord of fantasy art for 50 years, his fame only growing in the 10 years since his death. With his paintings now breaking auction records, he's long overdue for this ultimate monograph. This has a LOT of material never before seen or rarely seen. Many nudes that Frank just did for himself are here; early work from his youth and early days in comics, Li'l Abner and Thunda pages, early comic book covers — all from his original art. There are also later advertising works never before collected, early paperback covers now show from the paintings. There's also a good bibliography of many of the works originally published as paperback, magazine and book covers. Taschen, 2023. Out of Print. Rush Service and International shipping would require an additional charge....More. Item Code: FANWFH Hard Cover, 12x16, 472pg, Partial Color $200.00 |
| It's amazing for a high-ticket item like this to come in #2 when we are calculating bestellers by number sold! Frank remains the most popular fantasy artist, hands down. And Taschen sure knows how to make an ultimate art book on whatever subject they choose. |
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3. RICHARD CORBEN'S TALES FROM THE PLAGUE Limited to 500 copies. Highly Recommended. By Dennis Cunningham. Art by Richard Corben. This is a special edition of Horror from the Crypt of Fear which collects Richard Corben's very first graphic novel done for an obscure fanzine, Weirdom Illustrated, in 1969. Corben was 28 years old and still working at Calvin Productions when he began working on "The Plague" in 1968. Dennis Cunningham was one of the first publishers to use Corben's art in the comic book industry. Bill Leach, 2023....More. Item Code: RCTALE Soft Cover, 5x8, 46pg, b&w $9.95 |
| Besides the publisher himself, who's an incredible EC fan, we are the exclusive distributor for this and three other issues of Horror from the Crypt of Fear. Limited to 500 copies. Wonderful very early Corben! |
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4. THE ART OF ARTHUR ADAMS The first 75 copies sold will include a 8x11 b&w signed plate. Our Highest Recommendation. The most comprehensive retrospective ever compiled on this celebrated creator. A hand-picked selection of his art spans forty years and highlights a variety of comic-book covers and interior pages from each phase of his career. The pieces showcased here are from major and independent publishers as well as creator-owned projects. Examples cover a chronological display dating from his first samples, while trying to break into the business, to Arthur’s latest cover drawings. Each image is accompanied by personal anecdotes that enhance the visuals. Flesk, 2023....More. Item Code: ARTAA Soft Cover, 9x12, 180pg, b&w $40.00 |
| The hardcover has just now sold out, but we still have plenty of this softcover edition although we will run out of signed bonus plates before very long. |
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5. SHAMELESS ART 20th Century Genre and the Artist That Defined It Bargain priced, still 2010 cover price. Highly Recommended. All from the original art: Rare, completely nude ladies by famous pin-up artists Fritz Willis, Roy Best, Zoe Mozart, Gil Elvgren (who rarely did nudes), Andrew Loomis, Earl Moran, Art Sarnoff, Rolf Armstrong (several), George Petty (one nude, four just-about), Bergey, and of course, Vargas. Suggestive pin-ups by Caldwell Higgins, Bill Randal, Ted Withers, Art Frahm, 11 pieces including one nude and several great Film Fun covers by Enoch Bolles. And much more by lesser-known and unknowns. Underwood Books, 2010. Out of print. Mature Readers. ...More. Item Code: SHAAH Hard Cover, 10x12, 112pg, Full Color $15.00 |
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Sexy pin-up pulp artwork—what's not to like. All in a bargain priced hardcover which Underwood priced very low. Companion volume, Savage Art, features pulp cover art also entirely original paintings. Virgil Finlay, Norman Saunders, H.J. Ward, Harold McCauley, Walter Baumhofer, Rafael de Soto Weird Tales legend Margaret Brundage—and others. Our stock of these is getting low [SAVAH. $15]. |
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6. SPECTRUM FANTASTIC ART QUARTERLY MAGAZINE #2 Ed Binkley Signed Bookplate 1000-copy print run. Bookplate illustrated and signed by Ed Binkley, limited to 250 numbered copies. Our Highest Recommendation. Introduction by Cathy and Arnie Fenner. Jeffrey Catherine Jones is the featured artist in an all new 39-page examination. George Pratt, Todd Adams and model Carol Zaloom share their memories and we are treated to page after page of paintings and new details of Jones’ life and work. Also: Fantastic art painter Ed Binkley is interviewed and featured on the cover. His work is stunning. Donato Giancola explains how inspiration shows up for him, with wonderful examples from Lord of the Rings paintings. Gregory Manchess shares insights and pointers. Sara Frazetta shares memories of her grandfather Frank Frazetta. Art Director Irene Gallo offers tips to illustrators in a 20-questions feature. Arnie writes poignant memoriams for James Bama, Neal Adams, Ken Kelly, George Perez, Tim Sale and Marshall Arisman““six masterful members of our art community who left us in 2022." Our remaining copies may have a slightly bumped corner and/or a rubbed spine. Spectrum/Underwood Books, 2022....More. Item Code: SPEQ02 Soft Cover, 12x12, 76pg, Partial Color $25.00 |
| Arnie has not been able to stay on schedule, but that's okay when every issue is a gem. Both #2 and #3 came out in 2022. This is still available with a signed bookplate but it's out of print and we just bought Arnie's last 40 copies. #1 is long sold out. |
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7. ILLUSTRATORS QUARTERLY SPECIAL #14 The Illustrated History of Warren Magazines New printing, revised and expanded with eight more pages. Our Highest Recommendation. This explores and showcases James Warren's highly successful magazines and their artists: Famous Monsters of Filmland, Screen Thrills, Creepy, Eerie, Vampirella, 1984, The Spirit, Comix International and more. Packed with cover art and interior pages by the likes of Corben, Wrightson, Neal Adams, Ditko, Toth, Frazetta, Wood, Severin, Crandall, Infantino, Niño and many, many more. Plus the entire history, the ups and downs, of Warren's empire. Book Palace, 2022....More. Item Code: IQS15 Soft Cover, 9x11, 144pgs, Partial Color $45.99 |
| Interest in Warren's Creepy, Eerie and Vampirella, as well as Famous Monsters, is undiminished. This went into a second printing and a deluxe edition too. We're pleased that Creepy and Eerie are now being done in low-priced softcover editions. |
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8. ILLUSTRATION MAGAZINE #84 Our Highest Recommendation. This issue features the work of the legendary N.C. Wyeth, known for his iconic illustrations for the books Treasure Island, Robin Hood, Robinson Crusoe, and so many more. Many images are reproduced from the original paintings. Featured next is the work of Ward Brackett, the Cooper Studios artist best known for his slick magazine illustrations. Book reviews, exhibitions and events, and more round out the issue. Illustrated Press, 2023. ...More. Item Code: IL84 Magazine, 8x11, 80pg, Partial Color $15.00 |
| I'm not listing the other issues that made the bestsellers list, but with NC Wyeth, this was the top one. Dan Zimmer published his final four issues all at once and they've all done very well. He'll continue to do art books but the long run of this is finished. We do our best to keep picking up out of print back issues as they are always sought after. See Rare Books. |
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9. HORROR FROM THE CRYPT OF FEAR Volume 17 The EC Checklist 1942-1956 Highly Recommended. Featuring the complete EC Checklist-Index; everything from 1942-1956 and more, listing all credits, writers and artists, story titles, etc. Retro-A-Go-Go owner and masterful artist, Doug P'GOSH, has graced the cover with his ultra cool wrap-around painting "The Collector." Includes every EC comic: pre-trend, annuals, new direction, Picto-Fiction, and even paperback and comic book reprints. A history of the EC checklist (first published by Fred Von Bernowitz in 1955 and reprinted twice). Plus giveaways like The K.O. Punch, Lucky Fights it Through, Reddy Kilowatt. Even Max Gaines' Picture Stories from the Bible, American History, Science and World History. It's all here in a handsome package with lots of bonus artwork. Bill Leach, 2023....More. Item Code: HFTC17 Soft Cover, 5.5x8.5, 108pg, Text Only $15.00 |
| See Tales of the Plague above. Another exclusive for us. |
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10. HORROR FROM THE CRYPT OF FEAR Volume 14 Highly Recommended. This issue of the "official" EC Horrorzine is dedicated to EC writer, artist and editor Al Feldstein. Steven Ringgenberg shares his Feldstein interviews with us. The issue is filled with highly illustrated articles and interviews, plus many drawings created especially for the issue. Thommy Burns recounts his earliest EC memories and his brother Josh Burns fills us in on the first EC Fan-Addict Club panels at the San Diego Comicon, while editor Bill Leach gives us the scoop on the most recent panel. Jon Gothold comes up with some of EC's most "Good Lord!" moments. Dennis Cunningham, 1960's publisher of Weirdom Illustrated shares the unpublished story "Spoiled Rotten" that was inspired by pre-code EC Comics. Bill Leach, 2023....More. Item Code: HFTC14 Soft Cover, 5.5x8.5, 120pg, Text/Partial Color $15.00 |
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11. SOLD OUT BERNIE WRIGHTSON The FPG Years Introduction by Mike Ploog. Our Highest Recommendation. It’s been almost 30 years since Bernie Wrightson let his imagination run wild on his two trading card series. Bernie was given free rein to explore whatever ideas he wanted. Over a two-year period, he created 150 amazing NEW paintings. Vivid images of swamp creatures, vampires, werewolves, and beasties — Bernie's favorite monsters! It’s a spellbinding collection of all the things for which Bernie is best known, never before in book form and nearly actual size of each painting. Bonus material: 11-page introduction, all advertising, box and sleeve art, note from the original publisher and more. FPG, 2022. Out of print. Item Code: BERNWH Hard Cover, 9x12, 200pg, Partial Color $49.00 |
| I hope they do a new printing of this, it's a wonderful book. |
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12. FRAZETTA BOOK COVER ART The Definitive Reference Deluxe Deluxe Slipcase with wrap-around art and 16 bonus pages. Our Highest Recommendation. By J. David Spurlock. This new book is devoted solely to the artist's single, most beloved venue, Book Cover Art. By focusing on this specific area, the book boasts room enough to feature every single one of Frazetta's famous and highly collectable covers, beautifully and authentically reproduced at a larger size on a page to itself. All, paperbacks from girlie publishers, Ace Burroughs covers, Conans, and far far more, are presented in chronological order, which gives readers a unique ability to follow Frazetta's evolution as an artist. Commentary and rare quotes from the artist himself. Vanguard, 2022. ...More. Item Code: FRAZBCD Hard Cover, 8x11, 184pg, Full Color $69.95 |
| There's also a hardcover but still no plans for a softcover edition. Vanguard has announced the next Frazetta collection. |
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13. SOLD OUT ILLUSTRATORS QUARTERLY #40 Our Highest Recommendation. Cover feature on the much deserving underground arist Rick Griffin, plus features on Vaughn Bodé and his son Mark Bodé. First up, the psychedelic artwork and posters of Rick Griffin, master cartoonist and designer, best known for his Zap Comix work but who has much more to offer. Vaughn Bodé and his wacky, irreverent and sexy cartoons with a garrulous wizard, voluptuous girls and belligerent lizards. And lastly Bodé’s son, Mark, shares his views on his work and the series he took over from his father. Minor nudity. Book Palace Books, 2023. Out of print. Mature Readers. Item Code: IQ40 Soft Cover, 9x11, 96pg, Partial Color $27.99 |
| This issue featured Rick Griffin and Vaughn Bode. We used Rick's wonderful Zap Comix cover for one of our catalog covers. This takes us full circle, since my business began in 1970 by selling fanzines and underground comix, Zap in particular. Book Palace does not usually reprint regular issues, only the specials. I'm expecting the latest issue featuring Richard Corben will sell out also. |
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14. ILLUSTRATORS QUARTERLY SPECIAL #16 The Modesty Blaise Artists Our Highest Recommendation. First Printing of 1,000. An impressively thick, 160-page look at all the artists who have depicted Modesty Blaise in the comic strips, comic books, hardcover and paperback covers, magazine appearances, even privately commissioned artwork. Jim Holdaway, Enric Romero, John M. Burns, Patrick Wright, Neville Colvin, Gerald Lip to Dick Giordano. Packed with superb examples of all the artists' work, fascinating articles and never before seen script to sketch comparisons, insights and never before seen visuals of Modesty. Nudity. Book Palace, 2022. ...More. Item Code: IQS16 Soft Cover, 9x11, 160pg, Partial Color $38.99 |
| Modesty remains quite popular, even while the strip collections have gone out of print. I hope to see a new series at some point. |
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15. SANJULIAN Master of Fantasy Art Almost Gone! Limited, 1000. Completely Revised New Edition. Our Highest Recommendation. Introduction by Joe Jusko. Legendary Spanish painter and illustrator Sanjulian is renowned the world over for his incredible covers for Famous Monsters of Filmland, Vampirella, Conan, Eerie and Creepy as well as book covers, posters, private commissions and much more. This lavishly illustrated book celebrates the full breadth of Sanjulian's careerHundreds of beautiful full color paintings and pencil sketches, unpublished illustrations plus rarely seen early work and many nudes, along with exclusive photos and artwork from his personal archives. Very impressive: a massive 300-page oversized art book packed with wonderful artwork. - Bud. Book Palace, 2022. Out of print....More. Item Code: SANJMH Hard Cover, 10x13, 312pg, Full Color $89.00 |
| Sanjulian did wonderful work for Warren but also was very in demand in Spain for book covers and artwork, and this covers his entire career very well. |
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16. CAVE PAINTINGS The Art of Budd Root Limited, 2000. Recommended. By Budd Root. Introduction by Frank Cho. "I'm a huge Budd Root fan from day one and I always wanted a nice hardcover Budd Root art book for a long time. After years of waiting, I decided to put my publisher hat on and just publish it myself." -Frank Cho. And is this a hot book! Page after page of dazzling art, not only wonderful nudes (and almost nudes) of Cavewoman, but specialty pieces, commissions, Universal monsters, convention book covers and posters, and an interview. Monkey Boy, 2016. Mature Readers....More. Item Code: CAVPH Hard Cover - No Dustjacket, 9x12, 128pg, Full Color $30.00 |
| This was published in 2016 for Pete's sake! Frank Cho actually published it for Budd, and as a busy artist I don't think he's made a point of keeping it available through other outlets. So it just keeps selling regularly for us, along with Budd's latest Cavewoman issues. |
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17. TITILLATING TALES OF DOLLY Recommended. After being long out of print, SQP Art Books brings a newly revised collection of Blas Gallego's oh-so-naughty-but-super-nice Dolly! To quote another impossibly buxom heroine - she's not bad, she's just drawn that way! Europe's answer to "Little Annie Fanny" doesn't need to speak English — her body language speaks glorious volumes of pure desire! One page vignettes, double-page "Orgies Throughout History" series, even more serious eye-opening nudes for your general amusement. If there's anyone who could emulate Playboy's Annie Fanny, Blas is that artist. SQP Artbooks 2023. Adult Material....More. Item Code: TITTA Soft Cover, 8x11, 48pg, Full Color $14.95 |
| Publisher Sal Quartuccio (SQP) started out doing superlative early fanzines like Phase One, the NY Comic Art convention program books, and hundreds of adult-themed art books. We'd thought he'd retired, but he's back with new titles in 2023! |
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18. THE ART OF PERRY PETERSON Almost Gone! Limited to 1000. Highly Recommended. By Daniel Zimmer. This spectacular book explores the life and work of Perry Peterson (1908-58), in his day one of the nation's top slick magazine illustrators. Today he is largely forgotten, except for fans of vintage magazine illustration. His excellent work appeared in magazines like The Saturday Evening Post, American Magazine, Cosmopolitan, and Collier's, almost exclusively illustrating fiction. His pretty girls, handsome men, and dramatic scenes show that nothing was beyond his skill. His tragic death in a fire in 1958 cut short a promising career. Illustrated Press, 2023. Out of print....More. Item Code: ARTPPH Hard Cover, 9x12, 224pg, Full Color $44.95 |
| From the publisher of Illustration Magazine. An artist I'd never heard of, but that didn't keep this from selling well. Here's Dan Zimmer's other books that are still available. All are always limited printings. |
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19. BLACKHAWK Volume 4 Collects #21-24, all from 1949. Highly Recommended. Art by Reed Crandall, Bill Ward et al. Bad girls (and even several good girls) abound in this new collection, highlighted by superb covers and usually two stories in each issue, all by amazing Reed Crandall. Within three years he'd be a lead artist at EC on their horror books. The team also fights flying jet-pack men, alien invaders in a rare sci-fi story, tin-pot dictators, the gorgeous bad girl Satana. And they switch in these issues from their old prop planes to jets. Bill Ward does several Blackhawk adventures too, as well as Chop Chop backup stories. PS Artbooks, 2022....More. Item Code: BLAC04 Soft Cover, 7x10, 208pg, Full Color $32.99 |
| Several other volumes of Blackhawk made this list but I'm only including this one as the best of the batch. Thanks to Reed Crandall's artwork and frankly, fun team stories, this has been one of the very best PS Artbooks series. |
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20. MIDDLE EARTH Visions of a Modern Myth Signed Closeout Price! Just added, an all-new signed bookplate by Giancola! Highly Recommended. From the brush of Donato Giancola, one of the world's most recognized and lauded fantasy artists, comes a book filled with new illustrations that apply his legendary Renaissance craftsmanship to J. R. R. Tolkien's fantastic Middle-Earth. Dramatic lighting and deft draftsmanship in a photo-realistic style, reminiscent of master painters, explains Donato's popularity. Winner of numerous Hugo and Chesley Awards. This long-awaited, moving, and beautiful voyage through Middle-Earth — a must-have for eager genre readers everywhere — offers a refreshingly new exploration of literature's most beloved fantasy realm with portraits as well as action scenes involving all the characters. Underwood Books, 2010....More. Item Code: MIDEH Hard Cover, 9x13, 78pg, Full Color |
| This is another older Underwood title that we were able to buy from Tim before he passed away, and offer at a discount. Donato offered to do signed bookplates to go with them and we were so pleased. Currently at a special reduced price on a soon-to-expire Flash Sale. See all our the on-sale Underwood Books titles here. |
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21. ILLUSTRATOR'S QUARTERLY #42 Richard Corben Highly Recommended. From underground comix to the Warren horror mags and beyond, Richard Corben, the master of color and cinematic comics. A definitive look into his artwork, not only in comics but as a cover artist as well. Then it's back to those fabulous painted covers of Dell Comics in the 1950s and 60s: a gallery section featuring some of the greatest covers George Wilson did for Gold Key and Dell. Joe Jusko also shares his thoughts on George Wilson. Includes covers for the Classics Illustrated Time Machine, Magnus Robot Fighter, Turok, Tarzan, Doc Solar, Boris Karloff, Space Family Robinson, Twilight Zone, Ripley — all from the original paintings. Book Palace, 2023....More. Item Code: IQ42 Soft Cover, 9x11, 96pg, Partial Color $27.99 |
| Here's the latest issue, mentioned above, already selling very briskly even though it came very late in 2023. |
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22. NAUGHTY AND NICE The Good Girl Art of Bruce Timm Publisher Edition Almost Gone! New Edition. Special exclusive Publisher's Hardcover edition, 1500. Highly Recommended. Naughty and Nice presents an extensive survey of Bruce Timm’s celebrated "after hours" private works. These tastefully drawn nudes, completed purely for fun, are showcased in this exquisite new release. This volume boasts over 250 full-color or line and pencil images, each one full page. It's all about sexy, nubile girls: partially clothed or fully nude, of almost every conceivable description and temperament. Girls-next-door, seductresses, vampires, girls with guns, teases...Timm blends his animation style with his passion for traditional good-girl art for an approach that is unmistakably all his own. Flesk, 2021. Mature readers. ...More. Item Code: NAUNBH Hard Cover, 9x12, 256pg, Partial Color $59.95 |
| A Flesk classic that also made his own top ten list. We have just 9 copies left as I write this, then both this and the softcover are sold out. |
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ALTER EGO #181 Our Highest Recommendation. Edited by Roy Thomas. It's a special Neal Adams issue, paying tribute to one of the giants of the Silver and Bronze Ages. Three in-depth interviews with Neal including one by Howard Chaykin. Also: a "lost" Adams Brave & The Bold cover with Batman and Green Arrow, and unseen Adams art and artifacts. Plus Fawcett Collectors of America also pays homage to Neal and Michael T. Gilbert presents his latest cover recreations, and more! TwoMorrows, 2023. Out of print. Item Code: AE181 Magazine, 8x11, 80pg, Partial Color $10.95 |
| We keep plenty of back issues of Alter Ego available, but every so often a specially appealing one sells out. This was the Neal Adams issue, after he passed, which explains its above average appeal. |
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24. THE CHILLINGLY Weird Art of Matt Fox Our Highest Recommendation. Matt Fox (1906-1988) first gained notoriety for his bizarre cover paintings on the pulp magazine Weird Tales from 1943 to 1951. His created ghouls, demons, and grotesqueries of all types, evoking a disquieting horror vibe that no one since has ever matched. He went on into comics and his 1950s cover illustrations, his lone story for Chilling Tales, put them at the top of all pre-code horror comic enthusiasts' want lists. He brought his evocative storytelling skills (and an almost Basil Wolverton-esque ink line) to Atlas/Marvel horror comics of the 1950s and ‘60s as an inker, too! But since Fox never gave an interview, this unique creator remained largely unheralded until now! TwoMorrows. 2023. ...More. Item Code: CHILMHS Hard Cover, 8x11, 128pg, Full Color $29.95 |
| The last book Roger put together before he passed away last year (see our tribute on our website home page). He was nearly done with a book on Johnny Craig and also another issue of Squa Tront—his good friend and fellow EC fan Grant Geissman will see both these projects to publication. |
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25. THE DYNAMITE ART OF JAY ANACLETO Our Highest Recommendation. At last, a full-blown look at the stunning artwork of this creator. For over a quarter century, Jay Anacleto has taken pencil to some of the most iconic and sophisticated covers to grace the comics industry. For Dynamite, Anacleto has tackled virtually every character in the company's library: Vampirella, Red Sonja, Dejah Thoris. His renditions of nearly naked women (and the occasional nude) is second to none. Curated by the artist. Dynamite, 2021. Mature Readers....More. Item Code: DYNJAH Hard Cover, 9x12, 200pg, Full Color |
| Jay is one of our very favorite comics cover artists. His 2018 sketchbook is still very popular. |
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26. THE PEN AND INK DRAWINGS OF TONY DITERLIZZI Signed Signed! Highly Recommended! Since his meteoric debut as an illustrator for Dungeons & Dragons to a decades-long career as a bestselling author and illustrator of children's books, Tony DiTerlizzi has continued to sketch his favorite fantasy subjects. Wizards, gnomes, and all manner of monsters fill over 100 pages spanning thirty years from Tony's early art samples for TSR (then publishers of Dungeons & Dragons) to dozens of fantastic New Yorker covers, to pieces rendered over a live stream during the recent pandemic. 2023. ...More. Item Code: PENTS Soft Cover, 8x11, 128pg, b&w $30.00 |
| Tony published this himself. He's huge in the Dungeons & Dragons world, and a frequent illustrator of young adult books. |
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27. HORROR FROM THE CRYPT OF FEAR Volume 15 Highly Recommended. The biggest issue yet: 138 pages with 58 pages in gory color! Mr. Monster artist Michael T. Gilbert gives us an illustrated account of his childhood neighbor George Evans; Dennis Cunningham, 1960's publisher of Weirdom and Tales from the Plague shares another pre-code inspired horror story. Lou Russo gives us an EC inspired tale "The Legacy of Man" and an illustration of Fredric Wertham that is accompanied by the "Seduction of The Innocent Bibliographical Note" listing ALL of the comic book publishers called out in his book. Bill Leach Collectibles, 2023. ...More. Item Code: HFTC15 Squarebound, 5.5x8.5, 138pg, Partial Color $17.50 |
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28. ALLEY OOP THE COMPLETE SUNDAYS Volume 3 1939-1941 Our Highest Recommendation. At long last, a new book in this series and it's way cool. This oversize volume presents the first full-color time-travel adventures of V.T. Hamlin’s intrepid caveman Alley Oop. Every Sunday Page from April 1939 through December 1941, meticulously restored from the original newspaper publications and never before reprinted! Acoustic Learning, 2022....More. Item Code: ALLE03H Hard Cover, 12x16, 144pg, Full Color $75.00 |
| This continued the series start way back in the 2000-teens, and now Volume 4 has come out also. Alley Oop in all three reprint series has done amazingly well for us. |
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29. BACK ISSUE MAGAZINE #143 Neal Adams Tribute Almost Gone! Edited by Michael Eury. Highly Recommended. A special tribute issue to the late, great Neal Adams (1941-2022), celebrating his Bronze Age DC Comics contributions! In-depth interviews with Neal about his Batman and Superman; "Green Lantern/Green Arrow — Fifty Years Later," Neal Adams —Under the Radar exposes rarely seen work from Continuity Associates, a "Rough Stuff" pencil art gallery, art for Power Records, and more! TwoMorrows, 2023. Out of print....More. Item Code: BA143 Magazine, 8x11, 84pg, Partial Color $10.95 |
| Above we noted the Alter Ego devoted to Neal sold out, but this special issue remains available as I write this. |
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30. LITTLE NEMO Dream Another Dream Closeout Price! Our Highest Recommendation. By Bill Sienkiewicz, Charles Vess, P. Craig Russell, David Mack et al. Contemporary artists pay tribute to this beloved and imaginative Sunday page. They have created 118 entirely new Little Nemo pages, all full Sunday page size! Contributors also include Paul Pope, J.H. Williams III, Carla Speed McNeil, Peter Bagge, Dean Haspiel, Farel Dalrymple, Marc Hempel, Nate Powell, Jeremy Bastian, Jim Rugg, Ron Wimberly, Scott Morse, David Petersen, J.G. Jones, Mike Allred, Dean Motter, Yuko Shimizu, Roger Langridge, Craig Thompson, and Mark Buckingham, among many others. Locust Moon, 2014. Rush Service and International shipping would require an additional charge....More. Item Code: LNDRH Hard Cover, 16x21, 144pg, Full Color |
| Another perennial bestseller thanks to the publisher lowering the price. It's a steal, a wonderful huge artbook of delightful homages to Windsor McCay. |
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31. SERPIERI EROS II Bilingual Collection Volume 2 Full page, full color paintings of the artist's sexiest images. Druuna is here along with many new models. In common are their voluptuous figures, and very often the point of view emphasizing their bottoms and breasts. Explicit. We advertised this more than a year ago but never were able to get copies. By going direct to Italy we now have stock for a very limited time. Lo Scarabeo, 2021. Adult material....More. Item Code: SERE02H Hard Cover, 11x11, 108pg, Partial Color $49.99 |
| We have just five copies of this left. It comes in from Italy and we've sold out some but not all of the other Serpieri titles. |
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32. COVER GIRLS Volume 1 New printing. Recommended. This volume collects some of the best covers and other artwork from rising star Guillem March (Gotham City Sirens, Catwoman). More than one hundred full-color images featuring the sexiest girls from his stunning work for Eros Magazine and Playboy Spain, never before seen in the U.S., plus much more unpublished art. Abundant nudity. Elegant work. Image Comics, 2022. Adult Material....More. Item Code: COVG01 Soft Cover, 9x12, 80pg, Full Color $14.99 |
| First of two adult collections from Guillem March, a rising French artist who we are keeping our eye on. |
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33. WOMEN OF WONDER Celebrating Women Creators of Fantastic Art Closeout Price! Our Highest Recommendation. Edited by Cathy Fenner. Introduction by Lauren Panepinto. From the co-editor of Spectrum, a spotlight on women creators of fantastic art (traditionally seen as a largely male domain, though women have always been active participants) from Kewpie creator Rose O'Neill and pulp illustrator Margaret Brundage to Spectrum Grand Masters Diane Dillon and Kinuko Y. Craft. Underwood Books, 2015. Out of print....More. Item Code: WOMOW Soft Cover, 9x12, 128pg, Full Color |
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One more Underwood title that we've dropped the price on, a fascinating collection of the finest women fantasy artists as of 2015. Still on a super-low Flash Sale that will expire soon. See all our the on-sale Underwood Books titles here—there are some incredible bargains right now with our Flash Sale but also in general, since Tim made us a sweet buy on these warehouse finds. |
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34. AFTER HOURS MAGAZINE Facsimile Edition #1 The very first James Warren publication, meant as a Playboy style arts & entertainment with no lack of topless ladies! Published in 1957, one year before Famous Monsters of Filmland #1. This is a very tough magazine to find. This exact facsimile edition features: Bettie Page in a centerfold, a nude Bride to Be, Miss Teree on TV, Soldier of Fortune Photographer, Strange City, 36 Men and a Redhead, East Meets West in Philadelphia (Asian nudes), A Night with a Latin Quarter Girl, plus adult cartoons. This is a one-time new printing. Fantaco Enterprises, 2023. Mature Readers....More. Item Code: AFT01 Magazine, 8x11, 48pg, b&w $14.99 |
| We mentioned already how popular all of Warren's magazine remain. But little known is this Playboy Magazine imitation he started before Famous Monsters, never collected until now. |
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35. CREEPY ARCHIVES Volume 1 Collects #1-5, 1964-65. Our Highest Recommendation. Reanimated in all its gruesome glory in a value-priced paperback format, and in its original magazine size, this terrifying tome presents some of the finest work by comics legends Archie Goodwin, Frank Frazetta, Al Williamson, Reed Crandall, Alex Toth, Joe Orlando, Gray Morrow, and more. Dark Horse, 2023....More. Item Code: CRE01 Soft Cover, 8x11, 248pg, b&w |
| And speaking of Warren, the first in what we hope is a complete series collecting all these issues. |
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36. DEN Volume 1 Neverwhere Highly Recommended. The first volume presenting the long-out-of-print masterpiece Den, by fantasy legend Richard Corben, plus bonus material. All art restored from the original plates. New essay and introduction. In a bizarre fantasy world called Neverwhere, the muscular adventurer Den goes on an exotic adventure through ancient ruins meeting an evil queen, her sacrificial doppelganger, bizarre lizard men, giant insects, and more strange and dangerous madness in this legendary saga brimming with horror, magic, abundant nudity and violence. This was the inspiration for the Den segment of the cult film, Heavy Metal. Dark Horse Books, 2023. Mature Readers....More. Item Code: DEN01H Hard Cover, 8x11, 128pg, Full Color |
| This kicks off a new series of volumes from Dark Horse, collecting Richard Corben's self-published work all long out of print. Den 2 and Murky World are also available. |
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37. SCRIBBLINGS 8 with Mandy Signed Signed! Highly Recommended. By Dean Yeagle. After a three year hiatus for Covid, an entirely new collection of wonderful images. Mandy goes to a nude French beach in an amazing 24-page story that is a delight. The second half of the book is the usual mix of finished full color drawings, studies and offbeat subjects, including a nude Dejah Thoris and a nude Poison Ivy, "I Am Not Harley (Quinn)," Mandy in and out of clothes, trolls, and rare animation drawings. Lots of delightful nudity. Caged Beagle, 2022. Mature Readers. ...More. Item Code: SCR08S Soft Cover, 8x11, 46pg, Full Color $20.00 |
| Dean was not able to make it to San Diego Comic-Con in 2023, so we had no new sketchbook last year. But his latest volume from 2022 keeps selling, along with all of his Mandy collections. |
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38. ART OF BROCAL REMOHI CONQUEST Recommended. One of the most popular European artists of his generation, Brocal Remohi spent much of his illustrious career showcasing the sword, sorcery, and general mayhem of barbarians! The blood, the savagery, and often nude slave girls who seem to always get in the way — it's all a glorious gallery of delightful destruction! This collection is loaded with intricate pencils and exquisite inked pieces that showcase Remohi's eye for the excess that makes for the best in fantasy art! Abundant nudity — he's a master at beautiful, nubile women. SQP, 2023. Mature Readers....More. Item Code: ARTBR Soft Cover, 8x11, 46pg, Black & White $14.95 |
| Another new SQP collection, this one feature excellent adult-oriented sword and sorcery artwork. |
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39. MINIATURE MARVELS The Book Cover Art of James E McConnell 352 pages of full color reproductions! Our Highest Recommendation. By Steve Chibnall. James E McConnell was one of the last century’s finest and most prolific commercial artists working in publishing. In a career spanning from the 1930s to the 1970s, McConnell produced hundreds of superb paintings for hardback dust jackets and paperback covers (as well as magazines such as Look and Learn, and advertising posters), working for noted British publishers large and small. Amongst his most celebrated works were covers for Sax Rohmer’s Fu Manchu; John D. Macdonald and James M. Cain thrillers; Berkeley Gray and Vernon Warren crime novels; children’s adventure novels; Edgar Wallace mysteries; and over a dozen Pinnacle paperbacks of Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Tarzan, Mars and Venus novels. Telos, 2023....More. Item Code: MINMH Hard Cover, 8x11, 352pg, Full Color $75.00 |
| A name few people would recognize, including myself. But if you like vintage paperback covers, you'll quickly find you know his work on Fu Manchu, Tarzan, John Carter and much more. A brilliant artist who did all of his work in England. |
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40. ORIGINS The Art of John Jude Palencar Deluxe Closeout Price! Publisher file copy. Signed & dated 2006 by Palencar, limited to 300 numbered copies. Highly Recommended. Edited by Cathy and Arnie Fenner. Foreword by Christopher Paolini. John Jude Palencar is a rarity among modern artists, mixing meticulous technique reminiscent of the old masters with a soaring, darkly surreal imagination. There are touches of Bosch and Da Vinci in his visual allegories of netherworld landscapes and doomed characters. His painted book covers and illustrations for works by Stephen King, Lovecraft, Tolkien, and many others have won him wide acclaim. But he is perhaps best known for his covers to the fantasy novels of Christopher Paolini, including the iconic dragon cover for the bestselling novel Eldest. Underwood Books, 2007. Out of print....More. Item Code: ORIGJJD Hard Cover, 9x12, 128pgs, Partial Color |
| Another Underwood sale item still on our temporary Flash Sale. Also available in a unsigned hardcover. |
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41. THE JOHN SEVERIN WESTERNS Featuring American Eagle Collects Prize Comics Western #85-113. 1951-55. Our Highest Recommendation. From 1951 to 1955, before and during his legendary EC work, John Severin, Mad artist Will Elder and Two-Fisted Tales writer Colin Dawkins introduced a new level of historical accuracy to the comic-book Western. While Native Americans had generally been vilified or left in the shadows of gun-slinging cowboy heroes, the American Eagle stories featured in Prize Comics Western were built around action-packed tribal intrigues and a heroic Crow warrior. And they are GREAT! Well written and superbly drawn!!! Fantagraphics, 2023....More. Item Code: JOHWH Hard Cover, 7x11, 488pg, Full Color |
| I think this deserves to be much higher up in the list.but it's collecting "western" comic book stories, which is not everyone's cup of tea no matter how well drawn and well written. A perfect companion to Roger Hill's John Severin: Two-Fisted Comic Book Artist. |
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42. MURKY WORLD The first-ever volume collecting Richard Corben's entire Murky World series, this features never-before-seen sketch material, the Dark Horse Presents one-shot, and an introduction by Hellboy creator Mike Mignola, all presented in a gorgeous hardcover with a dust jacket. A warrior wakes from a strange dream only to find himself in a bizarre land populated by hungry deadlings, cruel necromancers, buxom cyclopses, evil cults, and more as he sets off on a dangerous journey with his beloved horse Frix. Nudity. Dark Horse, 2023. Mature Readers....More. Item Code: MURWH Hard Cover, 8x11, 168pg, Partial Color |
| The first in the new Corben collections from Dark Horse. |
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43. CAPTAIN MARVEL ADVENTURES #18 Facsimile Edition 1942. Recommended. Art by C.C Beck, Marc Swayze et al. The origin and first appearance of Mary Marvel, in one of the most desirable issues of the entire 150-issue run. Plus a wonderful painted cover (by Swayze) that includes CM, Jr. Three complete Capt. Marvel stories, plus a backup story of Capt. Kidd, and several 1- and 2-page stories. Mary Marvel went on to become the cover feature of Wow Comics for 50 issues, and star in her own 28-issue title, all during the Golden Age. PS Artbooks, 2023....More. Item Code: CAPM18 Comic, 7x10, 68pg, Full Color $15.99 |
| PS Artbooks finally hit the nail square on the head with a series of Fawcett classics with Mac Raboy artwork. |
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44. FRESH NAKED GIRLS By photographer Adam Koons. Into the clothes and then out of the clothes again. Pretty girls get rid of their hot underwear in progressive shots — almost 20 models star in roughly 14 pages of photos each. Shameless, hot, pretty and unconstrained, totally explicit. Good settings, both indoors and out. Superbly crisp, clear pictures. "The art of snapshot photography, unabashed and honest." 300 color photos. Koons' previous collection was All Natural Beauties (2020). Goliath Books, 2023. Adult Material. ...More. Item Code: FRENGH Hard Cover, 5x8, 256pg, Full Color |
| One of our latest nude photography books. |
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46. YOURS CRUELLY, ELVIRA: Memoirs of the Mistress of the Dark Recommended. The woman behind the icon, the undisputed Queen of Halloween, reveals her full story, filled with intimate bombshells, told by the bombshell herself. The paperback includes 32 pages new and vintage photographs, including one topless and many from her modeling and early acting career. Elvira/Cassandra left home at fourteen and supported herself as a go-go dancer. By age seventeen, she was performing as a showgirl in Las Vegas. Then a chance encounter with Elvis Presley inspired her to travel to Europe where she worked in film and toured Italy as lead singer of a band. Hachette Books, 2022....More. Item Code: YOURSC Soft Cover, 5x8, 304pg, Text/b&w $17.99 |
| Elvira doesn't do books often and every one does well. |
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47. BELIT & VALERIA Volume 1 Swords vs Sorcery By Max Bemis. Art by Rodney Buchemi. Robert E. Howard's Hyboria UNLEASHED — unrestrained violence and nudity. Rising from a watery grave, Bêlit finds herself commanding a ship, sailing the seas in search of adventure...and now answers. But soon she finds herself teamed up with the woman she was holding prisoner: the equally beautiful and deadly Valeria. These two warrior women embark on a mission to find out how and why Bêlit lives once again. And they end up with elder gods to contend with. Ablaze, 2023. Mature Readers....More. Item Code: BELV01 Soft Cover, 7x10, 144pg, Full Color $19.99 |
| Conan's two best known girls in a book together, and quite well drawn. No Red Sonja book came close to sales of this. |
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48. MASTERPIECES OF FANTASY ART 40th Anniversary Edition $200 edition now smaller size but at a bargain price. Highly Recommended. By Dian Hanson. Fantasy art, that colorful blend of myth, muscle and sexy maidens that took off in 1923 with the launch of Weird Tales magazine, was reinvigorated in the 1960s with The Lord of the Rings, Conan the Barbarian paperbacks with Frank Frazetta covers, and the late ‘60s emergence of fantasy psychedelia. It went big in the ‘70s with the role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons, the brilliant French magazine Métal Hurlant, and the first Star Wars film. The number of active artists peaked in that decade, but a new generation of fans discovered the genre through fantasy trading card games in the ‘90s, leading to a massive interest in the art form today. Taschen, 2023....More. Item Code: MASFAH Hard Cover, 6x9, 512pg, Full Color $30.00 |
| This $200 XXL volume has larger pages but all 512 pages are here for $30. It's a bargain. |
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49. IMAGES #13 Closeout Price! . Our Highest Recommendation. Edited by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. "A handsomely-selected tasteful mix of the best, well mounted, printed. It has my vote for its long life." That's how Alex Toth described the first issue. Here's Jim: "I scour original source material—magazines and books—from before 1923 for the most beautiful and forgotten images by famous and forgotten illustrators. Using the best technology available today on museum quality stock...I try to give century-old art the benefit of modern reproduction technology and display these artists as they have never been seen before." Vadeboncoeur, 2014....More. Item Code: IMA13 Soft Cover, 9x12, 64pg, Full Color |
| My old partner's final issue made the list. His tribute can still be seen at the bottom menu on our website home page, and other issues are all on sale. |
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50. THE PIN-UP MYSTERY OF 1950 After being hidden away for 70 years, a mysterious collection of photographs that have never before been printed, all taken in a few short months in New York in 1950. These women could have been bookkeepers, sales ladies, actresses, modern dancers or homemakers...they rarely seem to be professional models, which were few and far between three years before Playboy began. Full nudity. A unique look at the women posing fully nude in the year 1950. Asylum Publications, 2020. Adult material. ...More. Item Code: PINUM Soft Cover, 8x11, 96pg, b&w $24.95 |
| Never before published nudes from 1950, a fun collection and in good taste. |
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51. WALT DISNEY'S UNCLE SCROOGE Cave of Ali Baba 1961-2007. Highly Recommended. When Uncle Scrooge. Donald, and the nephews are approached by a wayward archaeologist bearing fragile clay tablets that point the way to Ali Baba’s lost cave, the hunt is on! A rare story started by Carl Barks and completed by internationally acclaimed Duck artist Daan Jippes, never before published in the U.S.: "The Pied Piper of Duckburg." Plus an indestructible Money Bin, and a whole series of shorts with Gyro Gearloose. Fantagraphics, 2023....More. Item Code: WD28H Hard Cover, 7x10, 208pg, Full Color |
| Nice to see a Carl Barks make the bestsellers. The Fantagraphics reprints continue to appear regularly. |
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52. BOMB Highly Recommended. Art by Nick Bertozzi.A riveting graphic novel adaptation of the award-winning nonfiction book Bomb “ the fascinating and frightening true story of the creation of the Atom Bomb. With excellent detail, this tracks the story from the beginning. In 1938, a German chemist split a uranium atom and launched a scientific race that spanned three continents. The race was on, with the top U.S. scientists, aided by refugee scientists from conquered nations, working to figure out the bomb’s secrets first. If the Germans had been first, the allies might have easily lost the war, as bombing Japan changed everything in 1945. Roaring Book Press, 2023....More. Item Code: BOMBG Soft Cover, 6x8, 256pg, Full Color $17.99 |
| A non-fiction graphic novel about the making of the first atomic bomb. |
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53. THE CISCO KID Volume 6 Dailies, 1961-64. Highly Recommended. Classic Comics Press continues its reprinting of the complete run of The Cisco Kid, written by Rod Reed and masterfully drawn by Jose Luis Salinas. Volume 6 reprints dailies from September 4, 1961 to February 22, 1964 with an introduction by Howard Chaykin. Beautiful fine-line artwork and a surprisingly good storyline; Rod Reed was an exceptionally gifted writer. Classic Comics Press, 2023....More. Item Code: CIS06 Soft Cover, 11x8, 264pg, b&w $25.95 |
| Jose Salinas made Cisco probably the best drawn western ever. We are lucky these are being collected. |
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54. BLACK MAGIC Volume 1 Collects #1-4, 1950-51. Highly Recommended. Simon & Kirby created this outstanding pre-code horror series. And they drew the covers and multiple stories for each issue, the first five thick 52-pagers. This is Kirby at his best, honing his skills 9 years before he and Stan began their monster run in the Marvels. These stories are more supernatural, nightmare visions, magic, witches...character driven and still very readable! Additional artists, all working in the S&K studio, are Mort Meskin, Leonard Starr and George Roussos, three solidly good artists and storytellers. PS Artbooks, 2023....More. Item Code: BLAM01 Soft Cover, 7x10, 212pg, Full Color $34.99 |
| Simon and Kirby doing pre-code horror. And the stories are fun also, not too over the top. Before Stan Lee, this was the dynamic duo. |
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55. ARTHUR ADAMS DRAWINGS 2022 Sketchbook Signed Full size 8.5x11, thick collection and signed! Highly Recommended. A portraits special: superheroes and supervillains, all fully finished in ink. Some wonderful pin-ups like the cover image. Wolverine, Swamp Thing, Man-Thing, Godzilla, Two-Face, Rocketeer, The Thing, Thanos, Frankenstein, Black Canary, the ladies from Spider-Man, Batman family, and more characters from X-Men, Star Wars, and more. Wonderful detail, which is an Adams specialty. Arthur Adams, 2022. ...More. Item Code: AA22S Soft Cover, 8x11, 54pg, Partial Color $30.00 |
| Sadly we are nearly out of these, and I don't know if we can get Art to send us more. |
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56. ILLUSTRATORS QUARTERLY SPECIAL #13 The Art of Glamour Highly Recommended. Double-sized special. An entirely new look at Glamour and Pin Up art from the 1900s on, but with emphasis on the last several decades. Billy De Vorss, Rolf Armstrong, Alberto Vargas, Enoch Bolles, Gil Elvgren, Peter Driben, to "modern day" names: Fritz Willis, Chris Achilleos, Sorayama, Patrick Nagel, Dave Stevens, Milo Manara, Robert McGinnis and many, many more. A gorgeous collection. Lots of nudity. Book Palace, 2021. Adult material. ...More. Item Code: IQS13 Soft Cover, 9x11, 144pg, Partial Color $44.99 |
| This issue went back to print and it should remain a bestseller. |
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57. THE MARVEL FAMILY #4 Facsimile Edition 1946. Recommended. By Otto Binder et al. Art by Pete Costanza, C.C. Beck et al. One of the best issues, with three witches going after the entire Marvel family. Then each charcter is featured in an individual adventure: CM, Jr. in "Knife of Jade," Mary in "Don Quixote Rides Again," and Capt. Marvel in a cool story, "Sivana's Vampire". Includes a coupon to join the Capt. Marvel Club, a full page ad for a Mary Marvel schoolgirl dress, and classic Charles Atlas ad. PS Artbooks, 2023....More. Item Code: CAPMMF04 Comic, 7x10, 36pg, Full Color $15.99 |
| Another scarce Captain Marvel title from PS Artbooks facsimile editions. Quite a few new ones came in just this past month. |
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58. GRIMM FAIRY TALES 2022 SWIMSUIT SPECIAL Santacruz Cover Almost Gone! Get a load of the Grimm Universe heroines and villainesses, soaking up the sun in the season’s hottest swimsuit fashions. Pin-up art by Alfredo Reyes, Riveiro, Keith Garvey, Michael Dooneyt, Renato Rei, Josh Burns, Leo Matos, Mike Chrome, Dawn McTeigue, Eric Sasaldua and others — several pages by each artist. Plus an 8-page, Lovecraft-inspired story by Dave Franchini with art by Alvaro Feliu. Zenescope, 2022. Out of print....More. Item Code: GRIMS22S Comic, 7x10, 48pg, Full Color $5.99 |
| One lone Zenescope title makes the list, their swimsuit specials are the most popular of all their titles for us. |
Sold out! Ok, I will admit I fudge the list slightly. I didn’t think a bestsellers list with a whole bunch of sold out items would be as interesting as one filled with titles you can still order. I only left a couple sold out items in above. Here are the items that went out of print which would have made the top 60 list above: EC Fan-Addict #5 with a signed bookplate - Fantagraphics took this title over from Roger Hill but they only printed 950 copies; we got caught short. It was our #2 bestseller! The next issue #6 is finished and will be printed soon. Roger passed away but co-editor Grant Geissman is arranging another signed bookplate for it. Issue #2 also hit the list but Roger sent us his very last copies before he passed away last year, so it’s gone. There is a chance Fantagraphics might do a BEST OF EC FAN-ADDICT… Infected by Art #10 - we still have a few copies of a variant cover but the regular edition is gone. We have several of the previous annuals still available. With the annual Spectrum Fantastic Art on hiatus, Infected has become the primary collection of the best in fantasy art. JUST IN! Volume 11 just arrived! Full details next week! Since many calendars are gone, I didn’t include any in the list. But as usual, several of the adult titles made the list, including Olivia (sold out), Mystique (Mystique Exposed and Naked Girls are still available) and Boris and Julie, also still available [BVJB24. $15.99]. Omar Rayyan’s signed calendar made the list and remains available, but will be gone soon [AOR24. $25]. Click here to see all remaining calendars available. Mark Schultz Carbon 5 was another sell out in hardcover, and only six copies of the softcover remain. A new edition of The Art of Haddon Sundblom (the Santa Claus illustrator from the 1940s) again sold out. I also didn’t want to take up space with supplies, but it’s worth mentioning that Paperback Plastic Bags remains our top-selling supply, followed by Magazine Bags and 10” Bro-Dart Book Jacket covers. Several of the last Illustration Magazines have sold out, but many also remain available. As mentioned above, several of the most recent would have made the list but I chose only to list the best of the issues. Several of VT Hamlin Alley Oops nearly made the list, these continue to do very well. I’m always pleased at that, since I have been a big fan since the sixties. One of the very first pieces of original art I bought was a daily Alley Oop strip, way back in 1970 and ‘71, and I still own it. Buddy Saunders (MyComicShop) generously gave me—free— a wonderful Dave Graue daily with a flying Pterosaur in it, that I was ogling at OAF-Con a couple years ago. |
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